Cook, Bridget M.: - Bridget M. Cook is well known internationally as a lacemaker, designer, teacher and author. Her teaching tours have taken her to America, Australasia and all over Europe. In 1983 she was awarded a Churchill Trust Travelling Fellowship to undertake research in the methods of lace making across Europe. She is the author of several Batsford lacemaking books, including Russian Lace Making and Russian Lace Patterns.